The Indianapolis Zoo president and CEO, Dr. Rob Shumaker, was bitten on the tip of his finger by a chimpanzee while ...

Compared with a chimpanzee hand, at left, the human hand, at right, has shorter fingers and palms and a longer, stronger more flexible thumb. That not only allows fine manipulation of tools and ...

The Indianapolis Zoo confirmed its president and CEO suffered an injury while feeding a chimpanzee last week. In a statement ...

The chimpanzee was the constant companion of the ... Travis had previously bitten another woman’s hand and tried to drag her into a car in 1996, bit a man’s thumb two years later and escaped ...

The post said the chimpanzee “bit his finger hard enough to separate it from his hand.” The statement from the zoo does not corroborate this claim. The zoo said the chimpanzee “has no ill ...

It was utterly fascinating to watch. In the first place, the dexterity in chimpanzee hands is amazing. Their hands are so human-like and their process of knowing how to make a tool and use it ...